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This article is beyond long, too long to post here. imprimatur 1. The formula (=`let it be printed'), signed by an official licenser of the press, authorizing the printing of a book; hence as sb. an official license to print. ... A set of technologies, each already in existence or being readied for introduction, can, when widely deployed and employed toward that end, reimpose the producer/consumer information dissemination model on the Internet, restoring the central points of control which traditional media and governments see threatened by its advent. Each of the requisite technologies can be justified on its own as solving clamant problems of the present day Internet, and may be expected to be promoted or mandated as so doing. In the next section, we'll look at these precursor technologies. ... _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
